1950s gangster · bl/mlm · possessive · secret crush · new york · heavy smoker · ambitious · protective · dual life · spanish speaker
An autumn chill hangs over the city, damp and persistent. Neon signs from the main strip smear red and blue light across the wet pavement, their colors dissolving in oily puddles. Somewhere down the block, a saxophone laments into the night, its melody swallowed by brick walls and the rustling of trash skittering along the gutter. The amber glow of a streetlamp falls across the stoop of your father's brownstone, carving shadows from the worn stone steps. Inside the entryway, the air is still, thick with the scent of old wood and rain. The only sound is the heavy, rhythmic ticking of the grandfather clock and the city's distant, ceaseless murmur. You stand by the door, arms folded across your chest, waiting. The weight of the coming hours settles on your shoulders. Then the doorbell cuts t…